Mechanical cashier, adding, and listing machine



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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON WHITE, WILLIAM S. OVERLIN, AND FRANK A. BULLINGTON, OF PORTLAND,

OREGON, `ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO REMINGTON ARMS COMPANYINC., OIE` NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

MECHANICAL CASHIER, ADDING, AND LISTING MACHINE,

Application tiled .Tune 7, 1912.

Mechanical cashiers comprising means for delivering money inpredetermined denominations and amounts have been proposed. Those whichare controlledby suitable manipulative devices operable according to anamount of purchase and an amount received constitute what are known asmoney changers in the sense that they really compute or selectmechanically an amount representing the difference between the amountsmentioned. The employment in these machines of mechanism for registeringor adding amounts of the various transactions of the machine and evenfor printing or listing these transactions is more or less common.

Machines of the above type, especially those for money'deliveringpurposes, are particularly useful inV banks, factories for making up payrolls, and in similar places of business, while the machines of thechange making class which mechanically determine and discharge changeare primarily adapted for use by department and other stores and inbusiness establishments where money is paid in for purchases, or thelike, and change must be made and returned.

In so far as we are advised, the paying or money handling and thelisting or registering mechanisms, of those mechanical cashiers devisedup to this time have been wholly unitary. That is to say, they areinseparable and operated for any and all transactions of the machine.Thus, if the machine is to pay, the registering or adding, or thelisting means, are necessarily actuated, and it is impracticable tooperate the latter mechanisms independently of the money paying'section.

In most business establishments and institutions, there is a positiveneed for an adding and listing machine for its general uses; in manysuch places, a money paying machine would be especially useful for itsparticular purposes whether it be a deliverer simply, or a change maker.Vith the foregoing in view, the essential and import-ant object of ourinvention has been the production of a combined money handling or payingmechanism and adding and listing mechanisms, so corelated that undercertain conditions, they may be used practically as a single machine toperform their respective functions as such, whereas, under otherconditions, the adding land listing mechanisms may be utilized as aSerial No. 702,164.

separate machine for operation absolutely independent of the payingmechanism. Our invention comprehends broadly the idea or principle ofconstruction for obtaining the advantageous results described,irrespective of the specific instrumentalities set forth hereinafter,and by this invention, a single machine is adapted toperform thoseoperations that have heretofore required two separate complete machines.

rlhe invention contemplates additionally, that the machine embodying thesame shall be so constructed that the adding and listing means arecapable of actual detachment from the paying or money section proper' toconstitute a complete separate machine, if desired, and yet alwayssusceptible of ready connection with the paying section in suchco-operation as to produce a different machine having the combinativefunctions or wider ield of use hereinbefore described. Considered in itsbroader phase, the invert tion involves a machine comprising a money vpaying or changing mechanism as operative by a register or adder, oroperable in connection with a listing or printing mechanism, whether thetwo latter mechanisms are combined in one machine or not, as wascontemplated in the preliminary port-ion of this statement.

The foregoing adaptation assumes, of course, that the adder, and theprinting mechanism, in themselves, may each be a complete machinecapable of use independently of any money paying mechanism.

With the purview of the invention in mind, therefore, we do not wish tobe limited to any .special form of paying mechanism, or to thoseparticular adding or printing instrumentalities which are allhereinafter set forth in detail, because any equivalent means theretomay be employed in the peculiarl association described.

Under actual conditions of service of cashier machines anotherdesideratum of importance has arisen. There are times in the use of ourcombined money paying, adding and listing machine, when the operatorwill be called upon to make chance by way of a mere exchange of moneyas` for instance, the supplying of cash in small denominationsequivaient in value to money received of a higher denomination, andwhich latter would be de Cil posited in the machine, or credited as areceived amount in some way or other. @l viously, the exchange aforesaidcould be mace .by operating the regular manipulative detransactions justreferred to, suitable proing this invention.

vision is made. For this purpose there Vare utilized special exchangemanipulative devices in the form ot keys that are adapted to control themoney delivery actionr of the paying section through the ejectorselecting mechanism and main actuator` of the machine, but withoutcausingV actuation of the adding and listing means.

Ancillary to the feature ust previously described it may be noted thatstill another Vdemand upon the machine in reference to its adaptabilityVto meet the requirements' ot voilring conditions,is provided for inevolv- Otte'n, in money handling, a coin or bill is proffered forexchange for a number Vot pieces of money or" less value but of likedenomination. Since, in the ordinary operation of this machine, the mainkeyboard, and even the exchange leys above referred y to, co-operatewith a selecting mechanism to discharge coin by the quickest methodnamely, the selection ot several pieces ot money of differentdenominations equivalentto the amount represented by the operated lreys,some-separate means must be provided to deliver a number ot' coins of asingle denomination. rllhese means comprise what may be termeddenominational keys, and the latter are advantageously combined with theejector mechanism so that when the machine is rest, the operator is atliberty to actuate a' denominational lrey one or more times to dischargemoney pieces ofthe same denomi- -ational value each time the key ismoved, and without any operation whatever of the isting or laddingmeans. p

The denominational keys are carried bythe paying or money section ot.the machine and the exchange and amount lreys by the adding and listingsection. rlhe arrangement of the various sets ot manipulative devicesaforesaid is peculiarly advantageous because when actions ot thecharacter i''or which they are-- designed. p

paying section under the last mentioned con- TTY] ine sphere ofusefulness of the ditions is somewiat limited, it is true, y ut aratemachines and to be assembled in one to then operate as acombinedconstruction.

lncluded in this invention also is an advantageous general arrangementof the various mechanisms ot the machine, the adding means being at thefront, the listing or printing means at'the rear, the paying section at-his feature or" the invention is thought to bethe lett, and themanipulative amount lreys Y and controlling parts directly coactingtherewith being arranged intermediate the adding printing meansconvenient :tor co-opertive action in governing the operation orn the'selector mechanism that forms a part of the money paying section. Ageneral econof space and compactness of parts is subserved by the abovearrangement.

Aamong other novel teat res ot tie invention are the provision ot analarm or signal device yfor the money paying section ot the machine,fandwhich is automatically actuated at a predetermined time to notifyV theoperator that replenishment of one or more of the ooney receptacles isrequired; and also a peculiar ejector action tor the money receptaclesincluding novel means controlling the movement oi' each ejector torelieve the friction between the same andsuperposed coins in thereceptacle on the normalizing clearly the arrangement of the selectorbarsV in relation to the operating means therefor, the tron't transverserow ot amount lzeys being shown in section.

Figure l is a top plan vie.-v showing more particularly the cashiersection of the mai chine, certain parts being broken away to ate clearlythe vex'ector devices, the arot the denominational l-reys, the ac`e,replenishing signaland other this portion ot the ma- 5 is a trent viewot' the cashier section .or the machine withparts brolren away toclearly show the various features illustrated in Figure e'. V l

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken Figure Cil through thecashier section and illustrating very clearly the coin receptaclereplenishing signal and denominational keys.

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view through the adding and listingsection of the machine and disclosing clearly the indexing mechanism.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view in elevation bringing out more clearlythe control mechanism and main actuator.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary view showing primarily the parts illustratedin Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a partial top plan and sectional view taken horizontallyTthrough the adding section of the machine to bring out the leverconnections between the adding racks and the type carriers.

Figure 11 is a transverse section illustrating the Non-Fay key and itsco-operation with the disabling means for the paying section; also thearrangement of the selector bars.

Figure 12 is a fragmentary top plan and partly sectional view of theparts illustrated in Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a view of the adding section with the front casing plateremoved, showing the adding mechanism and parts of the indexing devices.

Figure 14 is a plan view of parts of the frame adjacent to the addingdevices, and illustrating more particularly the co-operation of thecarry-over and totaling pawls with the latches controlling the operationof the carry-over racks.

Figure 15 is a sectional diagrammatic View of the transfer or carry-overmechanism in the act of tripping the adding wheels when in mesh with theadding racks, the transfer being delayed.

Figure 16 is aview similar to Figure 15', showing the completion of thetransfer or carry-over.

Figure 17 illustrates the parts of the accumulating mechanism in theirnormal position, the view being a section approximately on the line A-A.of Figure 13.

Figure 18 is a view showing in elevation the special keys and associatedoperating mechanism, as well as certain key release devices.

Figure 19 is a View looking forwardly toward the Repeat key andillustrating certain parts shown in Figure 18. l

Figure 20 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line A-A ofFigure 18.

Figure 21 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line lS-B ofFigure 18.

Figure 22 is a sectional view taken appr :e imately on the line C-C ofFigure 18.

Figure 23 is a plan view of certain parts of the indexing mechanism, andshowing the key release means and general arrangement of the specialkeys.

Figure 24 is a side elevation of the listing or printing mechanism.

Figure .25 is a front view of the parts shown in Figure 24, the frame ofthe machine being broken away, and certain parts such as springsomitted.

Figure 26 is a rear view of the parts shown in Figures 24 and 25.

Figure 27 is a View of the printing mecha.

nism looking toward the left hand side of the machine and bringing outclearly the means for feeding the platen forward.

Figures 28 and 29 are detail perspective views of one of the typecarriers shoving the manner of joining the composite parts thereof.

Figure 30 is a partial section and side elevation of the carry-overcontrol mechanism.

Figure 31 is a rear view of the parts shown in Figure 3G.

Figures 32 and 33 are views similar to ij-ure 3() but showing the partsarranged at different stages in their operation.

i e is a top plan view of the ribbon l ng' and reversing mechanism.

`g is a front elevation of the same.

F ignres 5G and 37 show the ribbon mechanism about to reverse.

Figures 38 and 39 are views showing the ribbon feeding mechanism afterbeing reversed and with the ribbon feeding in an op posite direction tothat shown in Figures 3l to 3, inclusive.

Before passing to a detailed description of the invention, it should benoted that, as a general thing, the most complicated part of a cashiermachine, or an adding machine, is the keyboard controlling mechanism,involving as it often does, several hundred different parts. The moneyejecting means of a mechanical cashier is usually comparatively simple.In the combined machine of this invention, therefore, a single keboardonly is necessary, the same being utiliserL the controlling manipulativemeans for the combined machine and for the adding and listing means whenthe latter is employed independently, and a great saving inmanufacturing cost is thus effected. In carrying out the invention,another special object has been to provide as simple means aspracticable for rendering the paying section of the combined machineinoperative at will, to produce the independent adding and listingmachine, this object being realized to the extent 'that the depressionof a single disabling key, er like simple manipulative device all thatis necessary to discontinue the efe-operation of the paying mechanismwith respect to the adding and listing means and the latter means aswell as the former may from then on be used as separate machines.

lt is to be understood also that the various mechanisms of our machinesare novel in

